KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – A young Afghan boy at the Governor’s Compound in Kandahar, Afghanistan July 5. The Governor of Kandahar, Mr. Turyala Wes, Afghan National Army Maj. Gen. Marjan Shuja, Afghan Commander, Combined Joint Interagency Task Force 435, and members of the Provincial Joint Secretariat Team held a release shura July 5 for nine former detainees. After confirming their commitment to a peaceful way of life, the detainees were released from the Detention Facility in Parwan (DFIP) and welcomed back into the community by their families and tribal elders. Since this Afghan-led reintegrat
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – A young Afghan boy at the Governor’s Compound in Kandahar, Afghanistan July 5. The Governor of Kandahar, Mr. Turyala Wes, Afghan National Army Maj. Gen. Marjan Shuja, Afghan Commander, Combined Joint Interagency Task Force 435, and members of the Provincial Joint Secretariat Team held a release shura July 5 for nine former detainees. After confirming their commitment to a peaceful way of life, the detainees were released from the Detention Facility in Parwan (DFIP) and welcomed back into the community by their families and tribal elders. Since this Afghan-led reintegration program began in January 2010, more than 400 detainees have been released at community shuras in 13 provinces after a careful review board process determined their suitability for reintegration and after the detainees signed pledges to renounce violence. (Defense Dept. photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist (EXW) Tom Jones, USN/RELEASED) Nine former detainees released during Kandahar shura 110705-N-XU168-001
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